Someone left a puppy to freeze to death in an outdoor dumpster

The young Pomeranian mix puppy was discovered in a bin in Detroit in the US on Monday, covered in frost and not moving.

He was immediately rushed to an animal care centre to receive medical attention, but it was already too late.

(Picture: Michigan Humane Society)

‘In spite of the veterinary team’s best efforts to help the dog recover, his suffering was too great,’ the Michigan Humane Society said. ‘The heartbreaking was made to end his suffering, and he was humanely euthanised.’

The group is now offering a $2,500 (£1,657) reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or people who left this dog in the bin.

‘It was obvious that someone put the dog in the trash can,’ the organisation’s chief cruelty investigator Debby MacDonald said.

‘There is no way he got in there by himself. It’s unacceptable, and it needs to be unacceptable to us as a community.

(Picture: Michigan Humane Society)

‘We need to be a voice for these animals, we need to take action to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

‘While we are devastated by this tragedy, we need to make sure the person who is responsible for this is brought to justice.’

And a spokesperson for Peta said: ‘This puppy was far too young to have ended up in the bin of his own accord. This is clearly a deliberate act of cruelty inflicted upon a defenceless animal by a callous, unfeeling individual who must be punished.

‘Anyone who is capable of leaving a vulnerable animal to freeze to death is a threat to all of society, as this heinous act could be a chilling foreshadowing of more violence to come.’